7:20 PM,
Dec. 1, 2012

A movie on bullying features students from Neenah and Clintonville high schools. The 68-minute film follows in the vein of Neenah's 'Edge of Reality' and 'Forever Real' movies. In Wisconsin, 24 percent of high-schoolers ? and 33 percent of freshmen ? reported being bullied in the past 12 months, according to the 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Study.

Written by

Megan Nicolai
Post-Crescent staff writer

Coping with bullies in school hallways and lunchrooms and online is a fact of life for many children in Wisconsin and across the U.S.

About 47 percent of U.S. high school students are bullied, teased or taunted in a way that seriously upsets them, according to a 2010 study of more than 43,000 students by the Josephson Institute Center for Youth Ethics.

In Wisconsin, 24 percent of high-schoolers - and 33 percent of freshmen - reported being bullied in the past 12 months, according to the 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Study, which was based on an anonymous questionnaire from the U.S. Centers for Disease ...